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- Jun 28, 2004
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Again, a member of the establishment has to take a racist dig at the “third world” in order to frame Trump as being bad. He, like most normies, thinks the third world is when a bunch of brown people can’t figure out how representative government and rule of law works.
The reality is that the third world is born of exploitation. Colonial powers or neocolonial powers want to pull as much wealth out of a place so they invest only in law enforcement and threadbare infrastructure to facilitate extraction. The ruling country has enough material wealth from its colonies that its internal politics are less likely to be an all or nothing fight for resources and that is why they tend to have peaceful transitions of power.
Within the US, we have always had a third world within the country, non white communities. The white majority extracts from black and brown communities just as European countries extract from African and Asian countries. When whites were a super majority, the white political establishment could afford to be be genteel towards each other and gracious in electoral defeat. Now, there are more nonwhite voters and combine them with left leaning whites and what was once a colony within the US is threatening to overtake the conservative, white “core” in domestic politics. Of course the GOP will act like a defeated ethnic or political faction in the third world.
The third world has come home to the core of our politics and it was predictable and it has material explanations.
The reality is that the third world is born of exploitation. Colonial powers or neocolonial powers want to pull as much wealth out of a place so they invest only in law enforcement and threadbare infrastructure to facilitate extraction. The ruling country has enough material wealth from its colonies that its internal politics are less likely to be an all or nothing fight for resources and that is why they tend to have peaceful transitions of power.
Within the US, we have always had a third world within the country, non white communities. The white majority extracts from black and brown communities just as European countries extract from African and Asian countries. When whites were a super majority, the white political establishment could afford to be be genteel towards each other and gracious in electoral defeat. Now, there are more nonwhite voters and combine them with left leaning whites and what was once a colony within the US is threatening to overtake the conservative, white “core” in domestic politics. Of course the GOP will act like a defeated ethnic or political faction in the third world.
The third world has come home to the core of our politics and it was predictable and it has material explanations.
yobyellav
formerly cord15
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We should be way past sedition. Some elected GOP officials have been toeing the line of treasonous behavior for a while now, so much so, that it’s not even news.
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New Zealand lifts all Covid restrictions, declaring the nation virus-free
PM Jacinda Ardern says she "did a little dance" as it was confirmed NZ had no active virus cases.
www.bbc.com
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I will take it a step further. The real question is will there be any consequences at all for all the crazy **** they have been doing for the last 4 years?
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White conservatives are freaking out that “lift every voice and sing” was sung today in Michigan 
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I’m hollerin at the responses
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we been a third world country politically for most the US existence. I would say there was a window between the 1968 civil rights act and Reagan demolishing unions where Americans could come up and rise in life.
Also yeah the cargo cult of capitalism and destroying unions for working class and poor people have kept the rich, rich and getting richer. A lot of the hate is simply white people being duped again that it’s the brown people in the same sinking ship they are that are the problem.
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Where are the guillotines when you need them??
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HE GONE
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We just need someone to say "Let them eat cake"
- Dec 30, 2006
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Barr’s out
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The damage he has done to this country...from the 70s to now is truly unimaginable.
Bill Barr is one of the worst people in American history. I hope he’s remembered that way. He was brought do for exactly what was done. Corrupt, compromised, crook.
- Jan 12, 2013
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Barr bent over backwards for Trump and that somehow still wasn't enough for Trump, he couldn't have wished for a more cunning lapdog.
- May 25, 2004
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This is why I’m union until I retire. Idc if I make more somewhere else (which I won’t) that protection and benefits is priceless.
but yeah the war on unions has us long overdue for a labor uprising.
but yeah the war on unions has us long overdue for a labor uprising.
- Jan 12, 2013
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Look at the letter this clown wrote
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Must be nice to be able to do a subpar job and know you won’t get fired
- May 25, 2004
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**** barr
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As long the Big Stupid is in office, we've got a runaway train on our hands.
Counting down to January 20.
Counting down to January 20.
elpablo21
Supporter
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Congrats to Joey on winning the election for the 5th straight time this month
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I’m hollerin at the responses
Y'all know the reason there's a black version of *(insert almost anything)* is because...............
- Jul 20, 2009
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He has to win it one more time in January when Congress are certifying the EC vote, and the GOP plan to try to throw out the Electoral College results.Congrats to Joey on winning the election for the 5th straight time this month
January 5th is a Last Dance
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